New Media Art

Project 1: Evolve or Die

The impact of plastic pollution on the environment is striking as it effects every element of our lives. I decided to focus more on the impact of wildlife because of our negligence to focus on things that we are not confronted by as a human race on a daily basis. 
By looking through the lens, we are focusing our attention on how much plastic has changed the natural environment for the ocean life. The blurry effect makes it difficult for us to identify what is trash and what is food which is what these ocean species have to face. It can be a case of life or death. The black light not only helps the trash bags to emulate the bright green color of the kelp, but also shows an even greater toxic quality to the plastic itself. Its unnaturally florescent green color can only be seen through the physical act of looking for it with the black light. Animals, such as turtles who mistaken plastic bags for jellyfish, are not given the luxury of a tool to identify the poison that floats in front of them. The elements of this project come together in order to see the difficulties that ocean life faces through their point of view.